The annual spring legislative breakfast which brings together state legislators, municipal leaders, and community leaders. 

Planners in the North Suburban Planning Council (NSPC) region and MAPC staff volunteered at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester on May 28.

Wright-Locke Farm has been operating in its current form since 2007 with an emphasis on local community building, organic agriculture and sustainable farming practices, and active learning experiences through its volunteer program.

Planners and staff cleaned a barn which is used to prepare produce for the farm’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Additionally, they prepared fields for planting late summer produce like tomatoes. 

For the June meeting, NSPC members participated in a workshop facilitated by Jennifer Raitt, Executive Director of the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments (NMCOG). The workshop explored what causes conflict and what our approaches can be to addressing it via specific case studies. To finalize the workshop, folks discussed new ways to handle conflict and left with additional resources to dive into.